“The stress simply can’t be army. It’s important to put financial stress, you need to put diplomatic stress,” he advised the Put up.
“And if there’s anyone who understands leverage, it’s President Donald J. Trump,” Kellogg mentioned within the interview.
Ultimately, each Kyiv and Moscow should surrender one thing to finish the “industrial-size” killing within the Ukraine battle, Kellogg advised the newspaper. “Very frankly, each side in any negotiation have to offer; that’s simply the way in which it’s in negotiations,” he mentioned.
Kellogg denied a media report that he would current a peace plan throughout subsequent week’s Munich Safety Convention. In a publish on X, Kellogg confirmed that he would attend the MSC gathering, which runs Feb. 14-16.
Ukrainian officers hope to have a number of official conferences with Kellogg and U.S. State Secretary Marco Rubio on the Munich Safety Convention, Ukrainian Overseas Minister Andriy Sybiha advised reporters in Kyiv on Wednesday.
Trump’s group has been working exhausting on ending the Russian struggle towards Ukraine, Kellogg mentioned within the interview.
But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned Trump nonetheless has no official plan for the best way to cease the battle. “Our groups will likely be working collectively. As a result of there can’t be a separate plan, created with out us,” Zelenskyy mentioned on Thursday.